Author: Dan de Figueiredo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780973911640
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Canadian landscape is home to some pretty odd sights; for example, the UFO landing pad in St. Paul, Alberta, the ice hotel in Québec City or Casa Loma, Canada's only castle. This book humorously inventories many real estate oddities found across the country. Welcome to the True North strange to see.
Weird Canadian Places
Author: Dan de Figueiredo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780973911640
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Canadian landscape is home to some pretty odd sights; for example, the UFO landing pad in St. Paul, Alberta, the ice hotel in Québec City or Casa Loma, Canada's only castle. This book humorously inventories many real estate oddities found across the country. Welcome to the True North strange to see.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780973911640
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Canadian landscape is home to some pretty odd sights; for example, the UFO landing pad in St. Paul, Alberta, the ice hotel in Québec City or Casa Loma, Canada's only castle. This book humorously inventories many real estate oddities found across the country. Welcome to the True North strange to see.
Weird But True Canada
Author: Chelsea Lin
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426330243
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Collects three hundred facts about Canada's wildlife, cuisine, history, sports, and culture.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426330243
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Collects three hundred facts about Canada's wildlife, cuisine, history, sports, and culture.
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Weird Canada
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1607109239
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The Great White North is revealed as the Great Weird North in this entertaining tome from the best-selling Bathroom Reader series. Did you know that Canada was almost called Hochelaga? That’s just one of thousands of wacky facts awaiting readers in Uncle John’s quirky celebration of Earth’s second largest country. You’ll find page after page of bizarre history (like why the beaver was once classified as a fish), plus head-scratching news items (like the crook who returned to the Tim Hortons he’d just robbed to tip the workers), odd places to go (like Mr. Spock’s birthplace in a town called Vulcan), and crazy eats (like the restaurant that makes you eat in complete darkness). So whether you live in Come By Chance, Joe Batt’s Arm, Starvation Cove, or anywhere else inside (or outside) of Canada, yukon count on Uncle John to deliver a world of weirdness from all over this great country. For example: - Cow-patty bingo in Alberta (Rule #1: Wear gloves) - How to enforce the new Quebec law that requires dogs to be bilingual - The sea of Molson Golden that once shut down an Ontario freeway - The mystery of the mini earthquakes in a New Brunswick town - Why it’s illegal to kill a sasquatch in British Columbia - The Nova Scotia company that makes mattresses for cows - Saskatchewan’s Willow Bunch Giant, a real man who could lift a horse over his head - The giant fiberglass “Happy Rock” statue in--where else?--Gladstone, Manitoba And much, much more!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1607109239
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The Great White North is revealed as the Great Weird North in this entertaining tome from the best-selling Bathroom Reader series. Did you know that Canada was almost called Hochelaga? That’s just one of thousands of wacky facts awaiting readers in Uncle John’s quirky celebration of Earth’s second largest country. You’ll find page after page of bizarre history (like why the beaver was once classified as a fish), plus head-scratching news items (like the crook who returned to the Tim Hortons he’d just robbed to tip the workers), odd places to go (like Mr. Spock’s birthplace in a town called Vulcan), and crazy eats (like the restaurant that makes you eat in complete darkness). So whether you live in Come By Chance, Joe Batt’s Arm, Starvation Cove, or anywhere else inside (or outside) of Canada, yukon count on Uncle John to deliver a world of weirdness from all over this great country. For example: - Cow-patty bingo in Alberta (Rule #1: Wear gloves) - How to enforce the new Quebec law that requires dogs to be bilingual - The sea of Molson Golden that once shut down an Ontario freeway - The mystery of the mini earthquakes in a New Brunswick town - Why it’s illegal to kill a sasquatch in British Columbia - The Nova Scotia company that makes mattresses for cows - Saskatchewan’s Willow Bunch Giant, a real man who could lift a horse over his head - The giant fiberglass “Happy Rock” statue in--where else?--Gladstone, Manitoba And much, much more!
A Strange Little Place
Author: Brennan Storr
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738749648
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Revelstoke: Where the worlds of the living, dead, and extraordinary collide Embark on a fascinating journey into Revelstoke, Canada, a world-renowned ski destination with a well-kept secret: it has a long and active paranormal history just as breathtaking as its mountain views. Packed with stories of hauntings, UFOs, Sasquatch, missing time, and much more, A Strange Little Place takes you into a small town full of thrilling secrets and bizarre encounters. Chronicling over seventy years of unusual occurrences in his hometown, Brennan Storr provides exciting, first-hand accounts of unexplainable phenomena. Discover the sinister mysteries of Rogers Pass, the strange craft and spectral music of the Arrow Lakes, and generations of hauntings in the infamous Holten House. As a magnet for the supernatural, Revelstoke invites you to experience things you never thought possible.
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738749648
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Revelstoke: Where the worlds of the living, dead, and extraordinary collide Embark on a fascinating journey into Revelstoke, Canada, a world-renowned ski destination with a well-kept secret: it has a long and active paranormal history just as breathtaking as its mountain views. Packed with stories of hauntings, UFOs, Sasquatch, missing time, and much more, A Strange Little Place takes you into a small town full of thrilling secrets and bizarre encounters. Chronicling over seventy years of unusual occurrences in his hometown, Brennan Storr provides exciting, first-hand accounts of unexplainable phenomena. Discover the sinister mysteries of Rogers Pass, the strange craft and spectral music of the Arrow Lakes, and generations of hauntings in the infamous Holten House. As a magnet for the supernatural, Revelstoke invites you to experience things you never thought possible.
Ghost Stories of Canada
Author: John Robert Colombo
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 0888822227
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A collection of 100 of the eeriest accounts of ghosts, poltergeists, and hauntings ever told in Canada, from ?Canada's Mr. Mystery.”
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 0888822227
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A collection of 100 of the eeriest accounts of ghosts, poltergeists, and hauntings ever told in Canada, from ?Canada's Mr. Mystery.”
Strange Events and More
Author: Johanna Bertin
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 1552777952
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Myths and legends abound with tales of giants and their feats of exceptional strength, witches and their powers of good and evil, and the miraculous abilities of healers and medicine men. The past comes alive in this selection of stories about extraordinary Canadians who have lived unusual lives.
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 1552777952
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Myths and legends abound with tales of giants and their feats of exceptional strength, witches and their powers of good and evil, and the miraculous abilities of healers and medicine men. The past comes alive in this selection of stories about extraordinary Canadians who have lived unusual lives.
Ontario Place Names
Author: David Scott
Publisher: Allanburg, ON : DESPUB
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher: Allanburg, ON : DESPUB
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Weird Hauntings
Author: Mark Moran
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402742262
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Discusses the hauntings of various houses throughout the United States.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402742262
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Discusses the hauntings of various houses throughout the United States.
Weird Encounters
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402754616
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Weird Encounters" features more than 75 supernatural stories contributed by writers from across the country. This chilling anthology tells of Historic Haunts and Hostel Environments and conjures up a host of phantasms and destructive spirits.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402754616
Category : Ghosts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Weird Encounters" features more than 75 supernatural stories contributed by writers from across the country. This chilling anthology tells of Historic Haunts and Hostel Environments and conjures up a host of phantasms and destructive spirits.
Weird Illinois
Author: Troy Taylor
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 076075943X
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Explores bizarre sights and stories found in Illinois.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 076075943X
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Explores bizarre sights and stories found in Illinois.